I agree with Kerze somewhat, definitely there is someone that is making him have these reactions "tongue-tied, couldn't talk. settle down" and obviously they are pretty amazing to him both "inside" and "outside". They're effecting him so much that it's all he can think about, but he's lost at sea and can't get back to her. ie- instead of being a straight line, it's full of acute angles and turns--this is an obvious reference to sailing, and how you tack and jib, you don't just sail straight, you're always making acute angles and turns, which he is doing, eventhough he's lost his path. see the comparison when he says "and when you see a boat come
in a straight line,
you know it's going straight down."
I think the whole flower sender part is thinking about this person while he's at sea, and then closing his eyes bc there's nothing to see there, but when he closes his eyes he can see her. and all the cloud and sun references are to the weather, the stormy seas and then calm again when the storm is over, but he's still just thinking of her instead of where he's going--this may be figurative that he's like a boat lost at sea with her bc he can only think of her but can't think of where they're going or coming from.
I agree with Kerze somewhat, definitely there is someone that is making him have these reactions "tongue-tied, couldn't talk. settle down" and obviously they are pretty amazing to him both "inside" and "outside". They're effecting him so much that it's all he can think about, but he's lost at sea and can't get back to her. ie- instead of being a straight line, it's full of acute angles and turns--this is an obvious reference to sailing, and how you tack and jib, you don't just sail straight, you're always making acute angles and turns, which he is doing, eventhough he's lost his path. see the comparison when he says "and when you see a boat come in a straight line, you know it's going straight down." I think the whole flower sender part is thinking about this person while he's at sea, and then closing his eyes bc there's nothing to see there, but when he closes his eyes he can see her. and all the cloud and sun references are to the weather, the stormy seas and then calm again when the storm is over, but he's still just thinking of her instead of where he's going--this may be figurative that he's like a boat lost at sea with her bc he can only think of her but can't think of where they're going or coming from.